Adjustable harness-link for looms.



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- ADJUSTABLE HARNESS LINK FOR LOOMS APPLIOATIOY FILED MAR. 23, 1910.

' Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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NITED STATES TE T OFFICE.

ER EDLACEY, or LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

\ ADJUSTABLE HAIR-NESSeLIN'K FOR LOOMS To aawzwm it'may con e -7 i '13s it known that I,"FRED Lace a citizen oft'he United States, residing at Lowell, in the 'countybf' Middlesex, State ofMassa- 'cl usetts, have invented a certain'new and; useful lmprovement in Adjustable Harness- Liiiks for Looms, of which the following is .a specification, reference being had therein tO theaccOmpanyingdrawings. 3 l0 j The invention resides in a link of novel and b'nnpr'oved construction more espec ally Idesignedfor use as apart of the connections employed in looms for operating theharness-fra'mes of the-latter.

Described in general terms,

end thereof hooked or otherwise adapted for engagement with an adjoiningelement of the train of connections of which the link constitutes one element, the other ends of thesaid members overlapping for a portion of the length of the link. One of -.the members has. a longitudinal series of perforations or holes, and the other one or more studs adapted toenterthe respective perforations or, holes. of: the said series. A movable keeper embraces both members, when: in

.its working position, and thereby holds the.

two members close together and. keeps the stud or studs in the hole or holes in which it or they may be set. The-constructionprovides for relative adjustment of themembers so as to lengthen or shorten thelink asmay be required.

Onefeature of the invention consists in making the said members of pieceswhich are of uniform thickness throughout, and placing them together withtheir flat sur faces in contact.

of the other member, one of-the-studs of the latter member serving as a stopby which the keeper is arrested in theposition mwhichit such link comprises; two members each having one Sp ifl np Letters Patent Patented Nov.- 21, 1911. Application filed M rch 23, 1910. Serial No. 551,191.

holds the members locked together in working relations.

The features of the invention may be variously embodied in practice;

Figure 1 shows in front elevation the pre-' ferred embodiment of the various features of the invention, portions of straps being represented in engagement with the memhers. Fig. 2' is an edge view of the harness- "lmk of Fig, 1, small port ons being broken;

away, andthe width of the straps being shown. Fig. Elisa front elevation of one of the members, andFig. 4 an edge view'thereof. Fig. 5 is a front elevation ofthe keeper,

and Fig. 6 a top view thereof.

The two members-of the harness-link are marked 1 and 2, the keeper. being marked 3,, and the straps with which the engaging.

ends of, the. members are shown engaged are marked 4,41. The sald members are made offflat strips of the-required thickness," preferably of metal rolled to bu' lh thickness.

The inner ends of the said members overlap longitudinally for part of the length: of

the members, the opposing flat-surfaces of the overlapping portions making. contact with eachother. The said overlapp g P tions are engaged With. each other as pres- .entlywilhbe described, and: are kept locked:

ing modification ofthe form of theengaging portions of the said members.

The overlapping portions. of the linkmembers 1 and 2 are engaged with each other by means of studs 7, 7, projecting'from the member 2, and occupyingtwo of" the holes 8, 8-, of a.series of'perforations or holes formed in thextn cmber 1, such series'extending in the direction of the length of'thelink.

'llhe-vcngageme'nt is maintained .by'means of the keeper embracing the said overlapping portions as in Figs. 1 and 2 so as to hold the link-members in close contact, with thestuds in the holes in which they have been placed. When the keeper is slid along the link, away from the place where the link-members overlap, and the studs are disengaged from-holes of the memher 1' by moving the two members apart, the members may be shifted lengthwise relative to each other and thesaid studs set in the proper holes to give the required etleetive length to the link.

The keeper 2) is of the character of a short -sleeve, capahle of sliding upon the linkmembers longitudinally of the latter. The internal dimensions of the keeper are proportioned uitably to correspond with the width of the link-members. and with the c mbined thickness of the overlapping portions of the said. members, so as to hold such portions close tdgether time to face, "ith the studs 7. T, of one occupying holes 8, 8, in the I other.

Tn assembling the parts, the two members 1 and .3 have the faces thereof bearing the studs 7, 7, faced in the same direction, so that the studs of one member (as 2) shall enter holes of the other member (1) and the studs mt the latter member shall project from the outer face thereof. One of the eutturned studs arts as a stop for the keeper, to arrest it in its locking position as it is slipped down over the overlapping portions of the two members.

15y forming the two members 1 and 2 exactly alike they may he struck out by the same dies, and by forming the studs 7, 7, by

punching out small portions of the metal so as to project from the members 1 and 2 without becoming detached from the latter, a member in complete shape may be produced by a single punching or stamping operation.

The construction of the link may be varied more or less in difierent respects.

I claim as my invention,

In harness-frame connections for looms, an adjustable harness-link comprising two similar members overlapping lengthwise and having engaging ends, each of said members having a longitudinal series of holes and a projecting stud adapted to enter the respective holes of the other member, and a keeper sliding on the said members, the stud of one member occupyin a hole of the other member, and the stud of the latter member constituting a stop by which the keeper is arrested in the position in which it holds the members locked together in working relations. x}

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED LAClljlY.

\Vitnesses:

EDITH A. 'WIsEMAN, NATHAN B. DAY. 

